Girl's Best Friend

2008

Comedy / Drama / Romance

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 48%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 48% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 487 487

Plot summary

A disgruntled music critic travels cross-country with her inheritance -- a Jack Russell Terrier named Binky.

Director

Peter Svatek Photo
Peter Svatek

Top cast

Janeane Garofalo Photo
Janeane Garofalo as Mary
Michael Cram Photo
Michael Cram as Leo
Kris Holden-Ried Photo
Kris Holden-Ried as Jake
Sean Tucker Photo
Sean Tucker as Trucker
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB
852.39 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 2
1.55 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by juneebuggy 6 / 10

Sarcastic road trip across the mid-west of (Ottawa?) with a little dog.

This was cute and funny. Following a music critic who learns about love with her inheritance -a Jack Russell Terrier named Binky.I've always liked Jeaneane Garofalo's dry, dark, and sarcastic style of humour and she spends a lot of this movie (while on her cross-country trip with her dog) having an ongoing monologue, mostly about stuff she hates. There are some genuinely funny moments here and I got sucked in despite myself.Kristen Holden-Reid plays the somewhat jilted boyfriend, waiting back home for her to overcome her fear of commitment and he's always nice on the eyes.This takes place in New York and across the Midwest but has an obvious Canadian feel to it and was filmed in and around Ottawa. 01.14.14
Reviewed by mrcheminee 7 / 10

Witty 'girl has boy and doubts' road trip movie!

So yeah, once you've seen the first scenes, you know how this story is going to end. It's the same old love story being told over and over again... Or is it? Somehow I found this movie actually believable, in contradiction with some of the other well-known romantic flicks. Most likely this has a lot to do with the roll Janeane Garofalo is playing. She is the little neurotic music recensent Mary, who has a low self esteem-problem and who goes on a road trip. Without playing the cliché beauty 'that is so beautiful but just can't find the right guy', she puts down a realistic cynical little crazy woman and this is what makes the movie believable. The witty lines and some seemingly meaningless happenings made me often laugh out loud and curious all the time about what was going to happen next. Though I am a guy and Mary is a girl, I could really identify with her and her problems, which I know many guys have.This is not a 'girl meets boy' movie, it's a 'girl has boy and doubts' movie mixed up with a road trip movie and a lot of witty humor. Somehow I think this movie is a great one for Gilmore Girl- fans, please correct me if i'm wrong!
Reviewed by jds100 6 / 10

Writer tries too hard; cynicism does not equal humor

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